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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01
REBUTTAL.

REBUTTAL.
Prof. TUFTS: Called at the office Of DR.
Hathaway after the reading of the will b,
stated that the act of giving the property t
the city was as much the work of Mrs. as
Mr.. r. and that it was noble gift and the
plan Of lifetime; that RS relatives wer
q worthless set; that it would not likely b
broken because they had such reputsbl,
witnesses and that they had DR.. Dyer there
too.
Cross. Ea Can't give day, week or month
of the reading of the will, but know that
was at Dr.'s Office on occasion mentioned
In this conversation with Dr. Ii. nothin
was said about RS mental condition.
went in to talk as frequently did with DR.
II. in his Office. don't remember anything
further that we conversed about.
JOHN MILLER The conversation l ha,
with DR.. II was before Rs death.
Dr.. II. recalled: remember such con
versation with Miller before death of Il
Mr.. HANIFEN: Was at Re house Dec %
1879, for about two hours r said that h
intended to found library for the benei
of coming generations in Ottawa; that h
and Mrs. r. had often talked about the dis
position of their property; Mrs. R. hat
wanted an "Old Maids Home" They hat
decided that if he survived her he would b'
her executor if she, him, she would b.
his executrix.
Cross En-: Nothing was said of college
In reply to suggestion of mine something
was said of hospital.
E. MEGAFFIN: On day Of RS death DR.
Fl. told me in substance that X had to tn
last retained his intellectual faculties to {
marked degree.
JAS. McQuADE: DR.. II. before death
R. told me that RS will was one Of tn
strongest ever made in La Sale county ant
could not be broken.
JOHN F. REED: Member of the board o
supervisors. On night before burial Of K
DR.. H. told me that r. when he made thu
will was as sound in mind as any man eve
was and if they could break will there va
no use to make wills.
Cross Ex: The subject came up by DIR. II
telling me about the will | had Away
considered RS mind sound.
Re direct: DR.. II. preached the subject. ]
said nothing in that conversation to- put il
question RS mental condition.
F.w. MArrocKs: About one week of ID
probate Of RS will DR.. Ii. said that q, III
time R. made his will he was as SCUM
As "you or /, Msttocks.'
DR.. II. W. HOPKINS Miss Funk B. is u
such q condition of health that it would b
unsafe to pu, her upon the stand.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01

The Degen Bros this week sold three Of
their imported Percherons, two stations
and one brood mare: "Pander," for 81 800,
to 60 to Iowa; "L'Arme," winner of state
fair and fat stock show prizes, for $4,000,
to 20 to Ohio; and the brood mare "Vic
toris," for 81, 900.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01

VIM. Dryer, tax collector of Wallace
tp. has received his books, and will begin
collections next week. He will be found
In Ottawa at Heating Bros, where he re-
quests taxpayers to call on him.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01

The Cashier of the German Bank OF
Baltimore, August Weber, Esq, recon-.
mends Salvation Oil for headache, sprains
and neuralgia.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01

Olof KraIer, the Esquimaux, will lecture
At the Deer Park Baptist church this eve
ming.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01

Old and young, rich and poor, all unite
In testifying to the merits of DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-06
Frost.Bitten Feet.

II the feet get very much chilled
number OF times, or frozen, they
should be put into tepid water until
feeling returns. When frozen they are
generally very white, all OF the blood
having been driven from the surface,
and II frozen repeatedly, become ten
der and painful. They swell with ev.
cry colder change of the weather, or
crack open and bleed between the toes;
again, the heels and large toe Joints
are the only parts affected, except
a general heat and swelling, or painful
itching. The feet in the morning are
very sore;shoes which were uncomfortable
enough yesterday are at least three
sizes too small to day. If the large
toe joint remain swollen for several
weeks, they press against the shoes
and form very painful bunions. A
hot borax water bath OF half an hour
with a thorough rubbing with glycer-
Inc is good. The feet should be thor
oughly dry Tor well dried) and warm
before the glycerine is applied, other
wise they will stay damp. Then put
on old loose stockings, cut off at the
ankles, and keep warm. A prepare
ton made OF two ounces OF glycerine
and coal oil, with one teaspoonful OF
carbollc acid, is said to be good, ap-
piled with the hand twice day for
FIVE minutes. auline Adelaide Har-
dy in Good Housekeeping.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-06

This is simply bacon used for break
fast, for which it is popular as side
or extra dish on public tables. The
best is from pigs weighing about 100
pounds when dressed. A good coat
OF lean meat should be left along the
back. and the pigs should be of a breed
which has plenty OF lean in them and
which has been grown to develop 1t.
One of the best breeds for bacon and
hams is the Duroc-J Jersey. Only the
sides are used and these should be cut
lengthwise, in strips about six inches
wide, or wider, to get even cuts from
the sides. For 100 pounds OF meat
use six pounds salt. four ounces salt
petre and five pounds brown sugar,
which should be mixed together and
the meat rubbed with it and piled
with the flesh sides up. Every three
days it should be rubbed until the
| mixture is all absorbed in the meat.
| 1t is then ready to smoke. The smoke
should be from hard maple, hickory,
birch or corncobs, and be kept up I'M
| til the meat is delicate brown color.
The meat may be packed in q pickle
OF the same proportions and be sub
merged in it Tor six weeks and then
smoked. For large bacon that is
to be kept through the summer,
one pound more OF salt may be
added. 1t is best to cure this in
the brine. Each piece of bacon should
be sewed up IN cotton cloth If sent
to distance; but if sold near home
this Is not necessary. Fancy packers
OF bacon dip the cloths in mixture Of
ochre to make them tight. The bacon
pieces should he OF about equal weight
and the weight be marked on the out
side. All this does not make the ba
con any better, but it pleases the eye
of the people who buy for looks-and
they are the larger number-N. Y
| Tribune.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-06
The Helpful Influence of the
Wife of Robert j. Burdettc.

As Mrs. Burdette's health failed, Ibid
more and more of my work at home,
soon withdrawing entirely from desk
work in the Hawkeye Office and writ
ing altogether at home, writes one OF
the most brilliant American humor-
lists in the March Lippincott. "Her
little serene highness" was at this
time quite helpless, suffering every mo
ment in every joint, rheumatic pain,
acute and terrible. But in these years
of her suffering helplessness more than
ever is visible her collaboration in my
work. All manuscript was read to
her before it went to the paper. She
added a thought here and there,
suggested change OF word or
PHI ase, and, so tenderiy that
in her trembling hand the
usually dreaded blue pencil became q
wand of blessing, struck out entire
sentences and pet paragraphs. How
well she knew "Wnat not to print"
Blessed indeed is the man who writes
with such critic looking overhls shout
der, a wife who loves and prizes ner hus-
bani's reputation far above his own
vanity or reckieSSneSs! AT times she
wove into our work whole pages OF
her own, and in some instances she
wrote one-half OF long sketch or let
ter, and l think only ourselves could
see where the sketch was Joined. One
day as was gathering up the copy
which represented the morning s work,
she slipped into the leaves with COM
ically feigned timidity little poem,
which, she said, she ventuied to lay
before the great editor, and would
like copy OF the paper containing it,
if published. 1t was ROBINS Nest, "
a tender little story of her own lie
1t was her only published poem; al.
though after she fell asleep | found
several fragments other verses, writer
with painstricken fingers that conld
| scarcely hold pen.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-06


1t woald be wise il people in general
would substitute more eggs vi the
place of meat in their daily diet than
they do, Tor it would DO not only
more palatable but, il anything,
cheaper than beef, taking it pound for
pound. For instance in tho summer,
when eggs are worth ten to twelve
cents dozen, and beef is worth ten
to twelve cents per pound,it is easily
seen that in weight surely the eggs are
the cheapest, for one dozen of ordi.
nary sized eggs will weigh at least 4
pound and q hall, which at ten cents
per dozen would be six and tv O. thirds
cents per pound against ten to twelve
for beef. OF course in winter it is dill
ferent, but even then there is not
much difference, and it would be
much letter for all concerned If
the eggs were used more uni
versally. A boiled egg is very
clean, delicious morsel. and is useful
as brain nourishing food, because
of the amount u phosphorousit con-
tains. To be sure eggs are valuable
and very handy for the farmer TO
take to town and sell for cash or
trade for provisions, but he should
never stint his own supply, and it
would be much better lfhewould Use all
he needs at home, instead of paying a
higher price for q less nutritious
meat
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-06
Developing a Cow for Batter.

Milk can be improved in quality by
feed, but it is slow process to i'm
prove a COW whose milk is not rich to
the point of making pound OF butter
from ten to twelve pounds of milk,
and it is not probable that it can be
done, except in small percentage of
cases. This is producing a very re-
markable revolution in the cows secre-
tions. With average milk twenty
five to thirty pounds is required to
make one pound of butter. To re-
duce this to twelve pounds is to make
a new COW, and ii this could be done
in a few weeks or months then no
breed would have anyvalue, since COW
OF any breed could be made into q
prize butter COW in a few months. We
have in several instances, improved
COWS that required twenty-fvet to TWEEN
ty-eight pounds of milk for one ofbut-
ter, so that twenty pounds OF their
milk would make one of butter, at the
same time calving as the larger amount
was required-but we were never able
to accomplish it in less than two years.
Let me state further that the progeny
OF these cows were superior to those
they had borne before, and they were
still further improved by feeding, so
that from fourteen to seventeen
pounds OF their milk would make one
pound OF butter. Each generation
may be oved.-Proiesso Stewart
in Country Gentleman.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-06
New STYLE PlncushiOn.

Cut two small palettes out of paste
board, cover one with plush or velvet
Tor the front, turn over the edge and
sew across with long stitches; cover
the other with silk in the same man
ner, Tor the back, and sew them to-
yether neatly. A small cushion is
made by cutting one circle OF the ma.
terial OF which the front is made and
a smaller one of cambria and gather
ing the larger circle all around, stutfing
it and sewing down upon the small
one. This cushion is then sewed tirm-
ly upon the lower part OF the palette,
q little upon one side, carefully con-
cealine the stitches. Tie ribbon bow
through the thumb-hole for ornament
and to hang it up by. A pretty gift
for a young man.--NIrs. C. G. Furnish,
Eliot, Me.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-06
Wheat for Poultry.

Wheat is one OF the best grains for
poultry, and at present prices one OF
the cheapest. Too many poultry
keepers make their hens live almost
exclusively on corn during the Winter,
when the ground is frozen or covered
with snow, so that the supply OF IN
sect food, scattering seeds and green
stuff is cut off. Fowls, like most other
animals, like n variety OF food, and
1t is good economy to provide them
with several kinds CT grain, cabbage,
turnips or beets; beside daily
morning feed O; warm dough made OF
a variety OF ground grain, and an oc-
rasional feed OF refuse meat. But If
one kind of grain is selected for the
main dependence, let it be good sweet
wheat. 1t gives growth and egg ma
terial above any other grain. Oats
are too chaffy, rye is not usually liked
well, nor is barley liked as wall as
wheat. corn is too fattening for lay
inc hens and is lar inferior to wheat
for growing chickens. Wheat is now
kept by the large grain dealers in all
the Eastern cities TO supply the de-
mand for poultry feed, and is bought
in carload lots from the West, so 1t
has no fancy price attached.-New
England Farmer.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-06
Matrimony Il Science.

From the Toronto Week.
We had heard OF the English Matri-
monial News, but we never before hap
pened so see it. When seen, it beggars
all description and defes caricature,
Here are twenty-five long and closely
set columns full OF advertisements for
husbands or wives. The advertisers
state precisely what they want, and
ut the same time accurately appraise
themselves. Bachelor. age 36, good
looking, good appearance, very .ein,
fectionate, steady salary about tIou
n wear wishes to marry a lady, me-
dunn height, rather short than other
wise. small hands and feet, loving ma
ture, good temper, good-looklng or
welcomed features, domestIcated'
with means, aye from Is to 80. "A
man wants woman for his wife who
has or will have her first or given name
only as ane, and has good health. with
all her natural and sound teeth m
clnded." The ladies' are equally pre-
else. can attractive, handsome young
looking widow lady would like to meet
With an honorable gentiemanly man
of high social position seeking a W!ie
with refined pleasing manners reiiS'
ious principles and unusually cultlva'
ted mind. Cara is musical, fond OF III,
tellectual pursuits, fully capable OF
being mistress OF II good establish
merit ETC." The fortunes OF some oil
the advertisers is surprising II the
statements are genuine. One mas
"a 900. another has $4,000 a year
fails TO paint the hideousness or dlsa'
creeableness, of whatever KIND 1t may ma
he which compels a lady with f2oo.ooo
to advertise in the newspaper Tor a
husband. One lady OF large property
wants a nobleman, and she need not no
altogether despair OF getting nm.
There is no reason that We can see
wbv marriages made in this business me
like way should not be happy: Ihey
cannot be so happy as genuine lo I'VE
marriages, but they may be happier
than marriages OF mere Impulse
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-06
OVER THE GREEN CLOTH.
Luck of Three well.Known Gamblers or CHICAGO

~-'-S'DA" VI NhiSaBV
Town.
Gambling fourishes in Chicago as IL
never fiourished before. Now and then
we hear OF raid on poker game,
negro craps game, or a Chinese bune
100 joint, but the big faro banks, with
taeir incidental conveniences for roul-
cite, chuckaluck, stud poker and short
cards are allowed to run along undis-
turbed by the police. Some rather
Drlsk adventures are recorded in con-
nectlon with the experiences OF the
great throng who seek the bubble for
1une even at the tigers Jaws. Into
Clark street resort, g. day or two
ago, came old Dywer Smith, grizzled
veteran OF the field of the cloth OF green,
who is part proprietor OF faro bank
or West Madison. Smith had a roll of
5000, the joint property OF himseli
and partner, and he had come over
the river to make a play" Having
flashed his bundle and announced his
intention, Smith requested that the
table be cleared and himself left to en-
ter the jungle single-handed and alone.
This was done and he sat down with
casekeeper and tab, and the duel began.
Smith, who is cool, daring, desperate
player, after three hours got up from
the table with little over $4,000 OF
the banks money. His next move
was to go back to his own place and
report the results to his partner-Ha,
gan by name.
"Now," said Smith, chow shall we
divide the stuff"
"Why divide it at all?"said Hagan.
"What's the matter with playing sew,
en- up for the whole business?"
And this is what they did-old
sledge, best three games out OF five
games. Dwyer Smith lost three
| straight games, and inside Of ten min
utes he had not dollar to show for
his big play, while Hagan was 50, 600
richer. Hagan took the first train for
New Orleans, and is now having gor-
geous winter picnic.
An odd episode occurred recently.
in which "skin" gambler named
Sanders made remarkable plunge.
He had Just finished modest meal in
Boyle's chop house, and had paid his
last nickel to the cashier, when he no
ticed counterfeit silver dollar which
had deem taken in during the day.
whats that dollar doing there, all
by ITSELF" he asked.
mCause it's d counterfeit" said the
cashier.
Sanders asked for and obtained the
worthless coin, and with it steered
straight for the nearest faro bank
He put it on the ace tray, and those
cards won four times for him. The
dealer had failed to notice that TIKI
dollar was bogus, and in q very short
time Sanders cashed in 1921 and quiz
playing. For the odd dollar hereceiv
ed back the identical coin with which
he had started to play. With singu
lar faulty he refused to receive thi'
particular piece of money because i
was a counterfeit. The result was tC
draw attention to the fact that 1T
had won S12O without risking cent
and the irate dealer and his assistants
: forthwith jumped on the young man
and took every penny away from nm
not even letting him get away with tn
original counterfeit dollar.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-06
farm and Household.


There are several ways Of making
'peei tea. II ! want it for a patient
VINO viii take but little OF anything at
once give the clear beef Juice. Cut
perfectly lean beefinto small bits. drop
~ on very hot iron spider set on the
Stove, stir it about with knife for q.
moment, just long enough to heat, but
not cook it, then put il into
2 lemon squeezer and squeeze the
Juice into a cup set into bowl of hot
water, add a little salt and serve ii
Immediately, while there is yet some
warmth in it.. 1t cannot be heated
without coagulating, SO it is best to
ohiy prepare a little at once, but II
there is a spoonful left, it can be used
poy putting it in a warm cup and ad-
ding half cup OF warm milk. II is
very palatable that way with little
cracker or dry toast to eat with it.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-06
By Anna Dyman.

By Anna Dyman.
Why shouldn't girls learn carpenter
ing? On every nice house built there
is more Or less decorative work that
women might do. Even if girls were
nothousebuilders they could setu as
jobbers. Often plant shelfis wanted
or new bracket, or the curtain fixings
get out of order, or new hen-coop is
proposed. Women heretofore have
had no more thought they could drive
nail, or saw board in two, than
that they could fly. In many OF these
things, also in repairs all over the
house, great strength is not required,
but gumption, and to know how to
use hammer. Buy tool-chest for
the boys, fit up small workroom,
but encourage the girls to work in it
also.
know two sisters, bright scholars,
and as smart and ladylil;e in their
manners as need be. You wouldn t
dream to meet them in parlor, en-
pertaining and being entertained, that
they actually shingled their mother S
house, and did it we'll too. 1t was a
very leaky roof Times were hard.
The shingles were bought, but there
was not money enough to hire men to
DO it, so these pluckey girls actually
did the job. Another girl watched a
man put a cane seat in a chair, caught
the way OF it, and did all the rest OIL
the rickety chairs in the house. En-
courage the girls to saw, drive nails
work out their own ideas in wood
and they will feel the benefit of know
ing how to use tool as lons as they
live.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-06
Management of a Young Bull.

A young bull should be kept under
the strictest restraint. Such an ami
NAL is never safe unless kept in COM
plete subsection. A regular use of p
rawhide-on principle-and not mere
ly as punishment Tor ill conduct is the
only safeguard. so as to keep the ami
NAL always in dread OF its owner.
Constant work is another mode of
disciplining a bull, and not only
keeps him orderly put in good
useful condition for service Only
moderately robust condition is nee
essary; leanness is better than fat,
which soon destroys the breeding val
ue. A ring should be put in the bulls
nose when it is three months old, and
it should be handled at all times with
the greatest caution, and at no time
should it be played with or petted.
Even in play a bull is a fatally danger
Gus animal. and as bad as when in
anger.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-06
Too Much Sweeping.

The ACCESSIBILITY of giving every
apartment a vigorous "broom clean
ing" at least once week has been so
strenuously insisted upon by some
notable housekeepers that it has been
by many converted into an imper-
alive duty. But looking at the mat
ter in an unprejudiced light, one cam
not see why a drawing room, inhabit-
ed perhaps only few hours of the
afternoon and evening. or an unoccu-
pied guest chamber, should require
the same amount OF publication de-
manded by sewing, sitting, or din
ing room. The dust pan and brush
are labor saving machines that do
not receive due appreciation. By
their aid in removing a little dust
here and little there the business of
sweeping a whole room may be de-
terred at times, when at the first
glance anything less than complete
routing of furniture and dirt would
seem impossible.-Marion Harland.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-06
How to Keep the Hands Soft.

From the Analyst.
A little ammonia or borax in the
water you wash your hands with, and
that water just lukewarm, will keep
the skin clean and soft. A little oat
meal mixed with the water will whlten
the hands. Many people use glycerine
on their hands when they go to bed,
wearing gloves to keep the bedding
clean; but glycerine makes some skins
harsh and red. These people
should rub their hands with
dry oatmeal, and wear gloves i'll bed.
The best preparation for the hands
at night is white OF egg, with grain
of alum dissolved in it, Roman tot
let paste" is merely white OF egg, bar
ey flour, and honey. They say it was
1sed by the Romans in olden times.
Any way, 1t is firstfate thing; but
it is mean, sticky stuff to use, and
does not do the work any better than
oatmeal. The toughest and hardest
hands can be made soft and white in
a months time by doctoring them a
title at bedtime; all the tools you
need are nail brush, bottle of am
monia, box of powdered borax, and
little fine white sand to rub the
strains off, or cut OF lemon, which
will do even better, for the acid OF the
.emon will clean anything. Manicures
use acids in the shop, but the lemon
IS quite as good, and isn't poisonous,
while the acids are.